Out of everything you listed the only social program is Medicare. And that in fact is something a person spends a lifetime paying into and for in taxes in order for it to be available in the golden years. Therefore, a service that is paid for by the individual taxpayer questions socialist program.

Actually of everything mentioned here only the army is covered by the constitution. States are to take care of there roads, yet the government does most of the funding for them. Parks are not covered at all but the dream of Teddy Roosevelt not a constitutional amendment.

It is my hope this legislation will fail. The reason it has taken over a year and has been changed so many times, no one knows what it will do to medical care. In my opinion, anyone who says they know is probably kidding themselves.

I have been serving my country in some way since the age of 17. Almost 40 years now. A little over twenty years was spent serving in the United States military. Every so often I had to take an Oath of Enlistment that went like this:

I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.

The oath appears to have TRANSCENDED – (To pass beyond the limits of: FreeDictionary.Com) into an OXYMORON – (a figure of speech that combines normally contradictory terms: Wikipedia) and developed into a PARADOX – (a statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition.: Wikipedia) which defies INTUITION – (provides us with beliefs that we cannot necessarily justify: Wikipedia). Therefore the oath establishes that we defend the United States against all ENEMIES - a person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something: US Military Dictionary) but that we obey the orders of the President of the United States. The rest is up to you.

In a nutshell – we must defend the USA from all enemies by obeying orders from an enemy progressive (liberal) that wants to totally change the Republic our forefathers established with the hidden agenda of bankrupting or changing our country into a socialist form of government which betrays the trust of the people and who is activity turning a deaf ear to the people while using a minority of congressional leadership strong arming or bribing other congressional leadership to support a bill the people don’t want. And that’s just to name one little episode of his irresponsible of leadership.

And who determines exactly what an enemy looks like? What if it was people like you who want to hold the country back. People who resist change out of fear...and bring about fear to stop change?
We must evolve or we will die.
We are all in this boat together..even the people who you have deemed enemies. We are all brothers. What worked 200 years ago looks very different now. And if we continue to fight amongst each other, we will suffer the same fate as every other great empire that met its end.

That's how they met their ending fate. The power became more than the people.

J would imagine the enemy could look like anyone, including me.

When nearly 70% of the people don't want something and want it started over but the source of power intends on disregarding the people voice, just what does that say about that power.

I don't need to be hit in the head to know. I can see it for myself.

Perhaps you misunderstood my comments. I can respect the office of president but I don't have to respect the person holding that office, That respect MUST BE EARNED. To date Mr. Obama has not shown me any reason to respect him as a leader. That includes many members in Congress have none of my respect. However, and once again, the office in Congress comands respect too. Hope that is clear.

I fear unregulated greedy big business much much more than I fear goverment officals that can be voted out of office.
Corporations that are too big to fail are just too big to exist. When the success of a country is dependent on these corporations, something has gone wrong. They have too much power and there are poor souls out there that want to give them more because they believe no matter what, in any and every case, government intervention is bad. This is a very dangerous generalization. Banks, health insurance companies have been screwing the working class for too long and the government has an obligation to protect their citizens from all enemies, foreign and domestic. These types of corporations are enemies to America!

The beauty of our constitution is that it can be changed. You took an oath to up hold a living breathing document that is alive and meant to change to the current time. That is what makes this country so great that it can be changed at anytime.

I agree, the U.S. Constitution really is designed to live and grow as the nation grows. The Constitution has been amended 27 times.

There are 2 ways spelled out to propose change.

1. A bill must pass both houses of the legislature, by a two-thirds majority in each. Once the bill has passed both houses, it goes on to the states. Congress will normally put a time limit for the bill to be approved as an amendment

2. A Constitutional Convention must be called by two-thirds of the legislatures of the States, and for that Convention to propose one or more amendments. These amendments are then sent to the states to be approved by three-fourths of the legislatures or conventions. This route to change the constitution has never been taken.

Regardless of which of the two proposal routes is taken, the amendment must be ratified, or approved, by three-fourths of states. There are two ways to do this, too. The text of the amendment may specify whether the bill must be passed by the state legislatures or by a state convention. Amendments are sent to the legislatures of the states by default. In any case, passage by the legislature or convention is by simple majority.

The Constitution, then, spells out four paths for an amendment: 1. Proposal by convention of states, ratification by state conventions (never used) 2. Proposal by convention of states, ratification by state legislatures (never used) 3. Proposal by Congress, ratification by state conventions (used once) 4. Proposal by Congress, ratification by state legislatures (used all other times)

The President has no role in the formal amendment process except tomake his opinion known. He cannot veto an amendment proposal, or ratification.

Procedural politics? Hardly anything those clowns are doing can be found in Robert's Rules of Order. The Democrats are driven by situational ethics that change House & Senate rules in midstream - a sure prescription for destruction. So, just why are they so hell bent on destroying America? The reason no one is putting that question is because elections have consequences and the Republicans own ethical failings are what delivered these clowns into office. George Washington was onto something when he lamented the "politics of party." Time for some restorationists to take the reins, the Big Tent Two For One Demorepub Progressive Party has proved incapable of governance.

It's shameful to say but you're going to have radicals in every group that assembles. The problem really is if which side the protestors represent. They can be people angry at the speaking group or they can be a part of the group trying to cast bad media against the demonstrating party. You just never know. The same thing happened all through the campaign. The best thing is to not give them any attention they are seeking.

When it changes hands and all the angry hateful people get their way it will all stay the same. There is no difference in the results no matter who we elect because the idea of both parties is to eliminate the middle class by having them fund the rich and the poor.

Some day my great grandkids are going to say to their parents, “Daddy to us about the days when millions of people were denied medical attention because they were sick or poor or didn’t have a job”. This legislation will fall into the same category, as so much already has, where our off spring will not be able to comprehend that we had to make laws just so we will have common decency to treat everyone in a humane manner.

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